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  1. Narfrederick

    Is this Moroccan flintlock pistol authentic?

    Hello, I've got another head scratcher for you guys. I had posted another thread about a mystery 18th-Century flintlock rifle and now I have another question about another gun in my collection. So, I am not an expert on guns but I collect 18th-Century artifacts. This was purchased several...
    • Narfrederick
    • Thread
    • 1700s 18th century flintlock international moroccan pistol
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Handguns
  2. Narfrederick

    Would somebody be so kind as to help me identify this Flintlock?

    Hello, I'm hoping some of you may be able to help me identify this gun and maybe give me some friendly information about it's history. I had bought this gun several years ago and was told it was an 18th-Century boarding gun. Now, I am not a proficient gun collector, I collect items from the...
  3. pamtnman

    18th Century Artisan Faire

    Spent yesterday afternoon at the 18th Century Faire show, now in Carlisle. Some longtime vendors were not present, like Gen Ni Si Ho, at least that I could see, and the usual stalwarts were there in force. Tremendous amount of talent in one place. So much fun. Had a long talk with Duelist’s Den...
  4. pamtnman

    18th Century Faire 2024

    Spent the afternoon at the 18th Century Faire show, now in Carlisle. Some longtime vendors were not present, like Gen Ni Si Ho, at least that I could see, and the usual stalwarts were there in force. Tremendous amount of talent in one place. So much fun. Had a long talk with Duelist’s Den Mike...
  5. Le Loup

    Museum of Appalachia Event 2019.

    https://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/2019/01/museum-of-appalachia-events-2019.html Keith.
  6. Le Loup

    The Cleaning & Maintenance Of A Muzzle-Loading Gun.

    With so much discussion these days on lubes & chemical cleaning agents, some people must be wondering how people ever managed without them in the 18th century & how so many guns survived! Well they managed just fine ;) Keith.
    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century experimental archaeology gun cleaning gun maintenance living history
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Australia / New Zealand
  7. Le Loup

    Making 18th Century Sulfur Matches or Spunks.

    Spunks were used in 18th century households for transferring fire to the fireplace or to light a candle from a tinderbox or tinderlighter. Sparks were struck directly onto the tinder in the tinderbox & the sulfur match would be touched to the smouldering tinder to create a flame. Be careful when...
    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century fire lighting lighting candles living history period living skills spunks sulfur matches tinderbox tinderlighter
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Australia / New Zealand
  8. Le Loup

    Charring Plant & Fungus Tinders without using a "char tin"!!!

    In the 18th & 19th centuries people did not use a tin or any container to char tinder for flint & steel fire lighting. They simply charred the tinder material, be it tow rag (cloth), plant or fungus material, directly in the flames of the fire. Then they extinguished the smouldering...
    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century 19th century fire lighting fungus making fire plants tinder tinderbox tow rag
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Australia / New Zealand
  9. Le Loup

    Recognising & Identifying Punkwood.

    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century fire lighting flint & steel foxfire living history plant tinders punk wood punkwood survival tinder
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Australia / New Zealand
  10. Le Loup

    Anyone here Into 18th Century Living History?

    Like the title says, anyone here into 18th century living history? Keith.
  11. Le Loup

    The Gunpowder Bag or Wallet.

    One of the author's five leather gunpowder bags. “…fungus that grows on the outside of the birch-tree…used by all the Indians in those parts for tinder…called by the Northern Indians Jolt-thee, and is known all over the country bordering on Hudson’s Bay by the name of Pesogan…there is another...
    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century documentation fire lighting fungus gunpowder bag gunpowder wallet period quotes plant tinders tinder
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Accoutrements
  12. Le Loup

    Flint, Steel & Tinderbox.

    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century fire lighting flint & steel making fire tinderbox
    • Replies: 107
    • Forum: Accoutrements
  13. Le Loup

    Guns & Stalking Horses.

    https://books.google.com.au/books?id=bT4tAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=18th+century+shot+sizes&source=bl&ots=VLFzue4Snt&sig=U6JknT8A8RCxqZVSsJ0bGvNcdUU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiw7-i4sPXeAhWBeysKHZ74D3Q4ChDoATAEegQIBhAB#v=onepage&q=18th%20century%20shot%20sizes&f=false...
  14. Le Loup

    No "charcloth" Flint & Steel Fire Lighting.

    Keith.
    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century authenticity fire lighting flint & steel historical making fire tinderbox
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Australia / New Zealand
  15. Le Loup

    A Few Words About Smoothbores.

    In the 18th century smoothbores did NOT use a patched ball, the ball was loaded in the same way as using shot, with wads or wadding. An Essay On Shooting 1789.
    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century fusil musket muzzle-loader round ball smoothbore wadding wads
    • Replies: 119
    • Forum: Smoothbore
  16. Le Loup

    Field Preparation Of Plant Tinder For Use With Flint & Steel By Charring.

    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century charring fire lighting historical trekking plant tinders tinder tinderbox
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Camp & Trail Gear
  17. Le Loup

    Making Camp.

    • Le Loup
    • Thread
    • 18th century camp experimental archaeology historical trekking shelter woodsmen woodsrunning
    • Replies: 69
    • Forum: Camp & Trail Gear
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